Shoe-cleat attachment



SHOE CLEAT ATTACHMENT Filed May 14, 1928 Ill/gill, z- J 4 i 1 fizvjenibr; Mc/zaeZ GOZcZegbey QWOTW Patented Mar. 17, 1931 @NETEfi STATES FATENT QFFICE MICHAEL GOLDENBERG. OF PHILADELPHIA, TENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T BROOKS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPO- EATION OF PENNSYLVANIA SHOE-CHEAT ATTACHMENT Application filed May 14,

injury or discomfort to the wearer of the shoe: and the provision of attaching means iaving the part thereof which is permanently attached to the sole substantially flush therewith so as to minimize injury therefrom in l the event of the detachment of a cleat during play and to permit comfortable walking if all of the cleats are detached.

In accordance with my invention, the sole is provided with a plurality of sockets each partly covered by hearing edges or flanges spaced to permit lateral movement of a shank having thereon a head housed within the socket. The head may be removed from the socket through an enlarged opening thereof to which the head is movable by lateral movement of the shank. The shank is threaded into a cleat so that, by rotation of the cleat on the shank, the head may be drawn tightly against the bearing edges and the cleat drawn toward the sole.

Preferably the socket is formed by a plate *iveted to the sole and having a section projected or pressed outwardly therefrom to form side walls and bearing edges partially around an aperture in the plate. The aperture is of such shape as to permit passage of the head therethrough at one section and prevent passage of the head therethrough between the bearing edges. When the head has been inserted in the socket and the shank is positioned between the bearing edges, a wall or walls of the plate engage a side or sldes of the head to prevent rotation thereof, when the cleat is turned on the shank to draw the parts together.

The characteristic features and advantages of my improvements will more fully appear from the following description and the accompanying drawings illustrating a pre- 59 ferred embodiment of my invention.

1928. Serial No. 277,656.

In the drawings, Fig. l is a bottom plan viewof a sole of a football shoe having cleats appl ed thereto in accordance with my invention, one of the cleats being detached to show the'fastening member permanently attached to the sole; Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a shoe having cleats attached inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view through a sole, fastener and cleat; Fig. 4 is an enlarged bottom plan view of a fastener plate attached to a sole; and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a detached cleat. i

As illustrated in the drawings, the outer sole 1 has fixed thereto a plurality of disk shaped plates 2 secured by rivets 8. The disks are each perforated to form an aperture 4: and slot 5. The section of the plate adjacent the slot 5 is stamped or pressed outwardly to form a substantially rectangular recess or socket 6 having walls 6 around three sides thereof and flanges 6 projecting from such walls.

A cleat 7, having a recessed top for the reception of the protruding part of the plate 2, has embedded therein a thimble 8 in which is threaded a screw shank 9 having its end 10 upset to prevent complete withdrawal of the screw. A substantially rectangular head 11 is formed on the opposite end of the shank 9 and is of such size and shape as to pass freely through the aperture 5 into the socket 6. The walls 6 of the socket 6 prevent rotation of the head within the socket and the flanges 6 thereof provide bearings against which the head is tightly drawn by pull on the shank.

From the foregoing, it will be clear that to attach acleat to the sole, the shank 9 is turned in thethimble 8 to move the head 11 outwardly from the thimble. The head is then passed through the aperture 4 and moved laterally beneath the bearings 6 from between which the shank projects. The cleat is then turned on the threaded shank 9, which draws toward the sole the cleat 7 and when the rim 7 of the latter engages the disk, the further rotation of the cleat draws and tightens the head 11 against the bearings 6" so as to prevent lateral movement of the cleat and securely fix it in place. When it is desired to remove the cleat, it is only necessary to unscrew it sufficiently to loosen the head 11 from the bearings 6 and permit lateral movement of the cleat so that the head passes through the aperture 4.

Ha *ing described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a sole and a rotatable cleat, of attaching means comprising an apertured plate fixed to one of said members and a shank extending through the aperture of said plate into the other of said members, a head on said shank and engaging said plate, and means for drawing said head and plate together and drawing said. cleat toward said sole by the rotation of said cleat.

2. The combination with a sole and a rotatable cleat, of an apertured plate fixed to said sole, a shank connected with said cleat and extending through the aperture of said plate, a head on said shank housed between said sole and plate, and means for drawing said shank into said cleat and engaging said head against said plate by the rotation of said cleat.

3. The combination with a sole and a cleat, of a plate fixed to said sole and having a projected portion forming a socket, said projected portion containing an aperture, a shank threaded in said cleat and a head on said shank and engaged by a wall of said socket to prevent rotation of said head.

a. The combination with a sole and a cleat, of a plate fixed to said sole and containing an aperture of variable cross section, the section of said plate adjacent the narrower portion of said aperture being projected to form a socket, a shank threaded in said cleat and passing through said aperture, and ahead on said shank and engaged by a wall of said socket to prevent rotation of said head.

5. The combination with a sole and a cleat, of means forming a socket on said sole and having flanges overlying a portion of said socket, a shank threaded in said cleat and having a stop on the end'thereof preventing disengagement from said cleat, and a head on said shank and engaged in said socket.

6. The combination of a cleat having a thimble embedded therein, a screw threaded in said thiinble and having a stop on the end thereof preventing retraction of said screw from said thimble, said screw having a head thereon, and means forming a socket on a sole in which the head of said screw is engaged.

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of May, 1928.

MICHAEL GOLDENBERG. 

